An update now -- abandoned newborn found dead in an Alley in Washington Heights police say the twenty year old mother. May have illegally ended her 24 week pregnancy by ingesting an herbal drink that's thought to cause abortions. The fetus was discovered in a bucket near west 191 street the woman is charged with the crime of self abortion.

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Woman Live-Tweets Her Abortion

Angie Jackson says she's tweeting her abortion to help other women.

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